Male-female comparison of vasomotor effects of circulating hormones in human intracranial arteries
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are sex differences in vasomotor responses and receptor localization of hormones and neuropeptides with relevance to migraine (vasopressin, oxytocin, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, amylin, adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)) in human intracranial arteries.METHODS: Human cortical cerebral and middle men